Massacre

Salanga massacre

27 Jan 1922 · 24.02° N, 89.87° E

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When
27 Jan 1922
Kind
Massacre
Coordinates
24.02° N, 89.87° E
Description
1922 event in Bangladesh

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Salanga massacre

1922 massacre in British India

Several hundred protesters were killed in the Salanga massacre, on 27 January 1922, when fired on by the Indian Imperial Police at the Salanga bazaar in Ullapara Upazila in what was then the Bengal province of British India. The area is now within the Sirajganj District of Bangladesh.

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